No Need for Mistletoe!

One year, kind of like this one, money was really tight.

I worried that Christmas wouldn’t come, I worried all night.

Then I had a thought about Christmas & it isn’t the gifts you buy.

It’s about giving every part of you, like the day our Savior died.

So I awoke that morning determined to find ways to show love.

I prayed and asked for the answers to my Savior up above.

I searched & found a little branch similar to a small tree in fall.

It didn’t have one single leaf on it; in fact, it had no life at all.

I placed it in a tiny pot & filled it with sod and bits of stone.

I tied a ribbon around the pot & attached a few pinecones.

Cutting little pieces of colored paper & writing a pledge on each.

I tied each of them to my tree, what humility this tree with teach.

This gift was for my brother and the promises will be fulfilled.

One was for a pumpkin custard pie, two inches deep and fully chilled.

Others ranged from giving him neck massages to cutting his hair.

This was all I had to give this year to someone I loved more than air.

There were thirteen love pledges put on the little promise tree.

They were the best things I had to bestow; they were the best of me.

When my brother spied the tree, his eyes filled with loving tears.

He said, “This is the best present I’ve ever had, all through my years.”

He took me in his arms and hugged me and said, “I love you so,”

At that moment I realized, this was Christmas, no need for mistletoe.

Written by,

Bonnie May